Everett Street Corridor Improvements—NE 35th Avenue to NE 43rd Avenue

Page last updated April 11, 2025

Updates

• March 24, 2025: Land surveyors have begun performing site investigations in the area. Affected residents received a notice on their door.

Purpose

This project will complete street and frontage improvements between NE 35th Avenue and NE 43rd Avenue for greater safety, accessibility, and mobility. It is the first phase of improvements for the broader Everett Street (SR 500) Corridor, which has been identified in the City of Camas’ comprehensive and transportation planning documents for many years.

Community Involvement

• There will be multiple ways for the community to offer input on this project phase.
• Opportunities will be posted here and publicized broadly when details are in place.
• To learn how public feedback gathered in the first stage of the project is helping to guide this one, please visit engagecamas.com/everett-street-corridor-analysis.

Key Features

• The existing roadway has 2 lanes and is approximately 20 feet wide.
• There are discontinuous shoulders of varying width on both sides of the road, intermittent roadside parking, no pedestrian or bicycle facilities, and multiple Clear Zone obstructions.

Anticipated Improvements

• Stormwater conveyance and treatment infrastructure
• Concrete curb and gutter
• Retaining walls
• Planter strips
• Bicycle and pedestrian facilities on both sides of the road
• Roadway illumination
• Roundabouts at NE 38th Avenue and NE 43rd Avenue

Budget and Funding

• The total project cost (in 2024 dollars) was estimated to be $15.4 million as part of the Everett Street Corridor Analysis.
• To date, federal funds via a Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) have been secured for a portion of the preliminary engineering and right-of-way phases.
• The remainder of the preliminary engineering and right-of-way costs will be funded with local funds as necessary; however, the City will be seeking additional grant and/or low-interest loan funding to support all phases of the project.

About the Corridor

• The corridor is approximately 1.3 miles long.
• It stretches from the Lake-Everett Roundabout to the northerly city limits.
• Not only is it a state highway (SR 500), but it is also the primary route for the 2,000+ student Camas High School; regional parks at Lacamas, Round, and Fallen Leaf lakes; and the City’s North Shore Sub-Area.
• The corridor contains a commercial center.
• Over the last decade, multiple studies have been completed by the City regarding necessary improvements to the corridor to serve current residents and future development.

Timing

• We are in the early stages of this project.
• The design process, which started with land surveying in Spring 2025, is not anticipated to be complete until 2029.
• Construction funding has not yet been secured.
• We will keep the community and project-area property owners apprised of the construction timeline, estimated to be winter 2029 through summer 2031.

Background

• To learn more about the first stage of this project, the Everett Street Corridor Analysis, please visit engagecamas.com/everett-street-corridor-analysis.